Sam Altman: Humans must never cede control of the future to superintelligence
sama · x · 2026-11-04
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says people should always be in control of the future, and OpenAI rejects any notion that humans could be relegated to doing what "AI systems think makes sense to reward in humans." He argues the requirement that humans not cede control to superintelligence should ultimately constrain AI progress itself.
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